Alex is GREAT but also CRIS from Lyon is a hell of a defender. Thay call him the Policeman in France.

Personally I'd rather Juan from Leverkusen.Very quick and strong,only 25 as well.Will want to leave Leverkusen possibly in July as they are challening for nothing this year,see him at the WC if you've never seen him before.

Brazil are producing quality defenders so I don't know why people keep on saying they can't defend.

In fact, although Alex is excellent in PSV and Lucio is excellent in Bayern Munich, but when they teamwork in Brazil, it not good enough. So i think this is the reason why we always say they can't defend.

By the way, the side back of Brazil are sucks at defend ( like Robert Carlos ), so the CB wil have large stress, even good defenders cannot tackle all the balls, this is another reason,

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Originally Posted by DugiNesta

He and Nesta in Center of defence

I think if we can get Alex, Chivu, Cris. We can consider use 3 defenders, because these 3 guys are good enough, and we had already have Nesta and Malidni ( althoguh he is old, he still keep good condition ).

But if we play 4 defenders, i don't think Alex + Nesta is a good choice, because Alex and Nesta are similar, we need a defender that different from Nesta, for example, in 2003 Maldini+Nesta is success. I think Chivu + Nesta is the best.

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Originally Posted by ics_rk

Well, I think he is Chelsea's.. but I admit he is a good option for Milan!

I think i can agree with you. 2 months ago, i thought we will sell Stam to PSV and then they will give us Alex. But it had proved that Stam will go to Ajax, so i don't think we can get Alex, but maybe we have the chance.

If he go to Chelsea, maybe we can give Kaladze to Chelsea and maybe they will give us Alex. Chelsea still try to get Kaladze.

PSV Eindhoven defender Alex, has been nicknamed 'The Tank' by admiring fans, a tag which takes little explanation. All he lacked was a goal, and on Saturday it came against SC Heerenveen - to the admiration even of opposition coach Gertjan Verbeek, and to the particular delight of Alex's usual defensive partner André Ooijer.

Alex's goal, which put PSV 3-1 up, came with a free-kick from 20 metres out that was clocked at a speed-limit worrying 90 km/h. Verbeek did not criticise his wall for failing to stop the shot. "That was an attempt at battery," he said. "That free-kick was so hard that if you did not duck you would have sustained brain damage. So I do not blame my players for that."

PSV Eindhoven defender Alex, has been nicknamed 'The Tank' by admiring fans, a tag which takes little explanation. All he lacked was a goal, and on Saturday it came against SC Heerenveen - to the admiration even of opposition coach Gertjan Verbeek, and to the particular delight of Alex's usual defensive partner André Ooijer.

Alex's goal, which put PSV 3-1 up, came with a free-kick from 20 metres out that was clocked at a speed-limit worrying 90 km/h. Verbeek did not criticise his wall for failing to stop the shot. "That was an attempt at battery," he said. "That free-kick was so hard that if you did not duck you would have sustained brain damage. So I do not blame my players for that."